Control Systems Engineer

An experienced Control Systems Engineer with at least 3 years of electrical engineering experience is needed to join our team at Control Freaks, one of the UK's leading industrial automation organisations based in Holbeach, on a full-time basis. 

With over three decades of hands-on experience in the field of electrical engineering, Control Freaks Ltd has grown to become one of the UK's leading industrial automation organisations.

Our standing in the industry has given us the opportunity to work with some of the largest manufacturers in the industry. A great example of this is our technical partnership with Mitsubishi Electric.

The selected candidate will be required to relocate to or reliably commute to and from Spalding. Applicants must already be eligible to work in the UK, as we are not offering Visa sponsorship for this position.

This is an excellent opportunity to progress your career with a well-established company!

About the Role

This person will be an experienced Control Systems Engineer. You will be expected to carry out design, software, commissioning, documentation, and servicing activities on machinery and process Control Systems from cradle to grave. The projects that you will be involved in will be multiple, various, highly specialised, and sometimes high profile. 

You will have working knowledge of branded automation equipment (PLCs / HMIs / Inverters / Motion Control / Safety Systems / Robots / SCADA / Mitsubishi / Siemens / Rockwell / Omron / Schnieder / etc.), which you will use to implement and integrate it all to a high standard.

The role also requires some travelling with weekend and overtime availability. 

Required Skills:

• Friendly, reliable, punctual, and flexible
• Willing to work away from home for short periods
• Structured and logical
• Read, understand, develop, and modify electrical drawings
• Carry out modifications to control panels and field wiring to UK / EU standards
• Be effective at all stages of the project life cycle
• Excellent customer service & communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Strong health and safety awareness
• Strong PLC software development knowledge and skills

Experience that is relevant to the role:

• Certificate of Higher Education 
• Actual hands-on (UK / EU based) Electrical Engineering role for a minimum of 3 years (excluding time spent in education)
• Completed an electrical apprenticeship
• Are qualified to a minimum of NVQ level 3 / ONC
• Mitsubishi / Siemens / Rockwell / Omron based system
• PLC / HMI / Inverters / Motion Control / Robots / SCADA / MES / Coding
• Compliance (CE / UKCA), machinery / process
• Control system design
• Eplan / Inventor / Autocad
• Functional Safety
• ATEX (Dust / Gas / Design)
• Pneumatics
• Fault finding
• Hold a full UK Driving licence

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Boost your salary with overtime and call-out opportunities
• Opportunities for personal growth and advancement within a well-established, respected and fast-growing company
• 28 - 33 days holiday per annum (inclusive of bank holidays)
• A mobile phone
• Fun team days out / events
• A company vehicle and fuel card

Sounds interesting? Click the APPLY button to send your CV for immediate consideration.

Candidates with previous experience or job titles, including; Automation Engineer, Systems Control Engineer, Process Control Engineer, Instrumentation and Control Engineer, Electrical Controls Engineer, Control Systems Designer, PLC Programmer, SCADA Engineer, Industrial Control Systems Engineer, Robotics Control Engineer, Electrical Design Engineer, Senior Design Engineer, Senior Controls Engineer.